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CIRCA DYNASTY IV-VI (2613-2181 B.C.) OR EARLIER
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AN EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM ALABASTER JAR
CIRCA DYNASTY IV-VI (2613-2181 B.C.) OR EARLIER
Flaring to a rounded rim, inscription added later, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; an alabaster kohl-jar with high shoulder and wide horizontal rim, circa early New Kingdom, circa 16th-14th Century B.C., 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; a miniature stone dish on ring foot, Old Kingdom, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) diam.; an alabaster alabastron with flat base, 1st millennium B.C., 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, all with chips; and a Predynastic alabaster piriform mace head, circa 3600-3200 B.C., 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high (5)
CIRCA DYNASTY IV-VI (2613-2181 B.C.) OR EARLIER
Flaring to a rounded rim, inscription added later, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; an alabaster kohl-jar with high shoulder and wide horizontal rim, circa early New Kingdom, circa 16th-14th Century B.C., 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; a miniature stone dish on ring foot, Old Kingdom, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) diam.; an alabaster alabastron with flat base, 1st millennium B.C., 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, all with chips; and a Predynastic alabaster piriform mace head, circa 3600-3200 B.C., 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high (5)
Provenance
Item one: formerly in the collection of Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982). With white ink inscription "EGYPT 0-1-HF" (monogram).
Item five: with worn pencil inscription "... Egyptian,/1929".
Item five: with worn pencil inscription "... Egyptian,/1929".
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